Bare ActsThe ARUNACHAL PRADESH FISHERIES ACT, 2006

Section 6

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(1 ) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules, in respect ol all "Fisheries", to prohibit or regulate all or any of the following matters, and may also by notif ication apply such rules or, any of them to any private water, with the consent in writing ol the owner thereof, and of all persons having, lorthe time being exclusive right of fishery/aquaculture therein:- (a) the erection and use of lixed engines; (b) the construction ol weirs, dams, barrages, bundhs and roads; .165 (c) the dimension and kinds of nets to be used and the mode of using them; (d) methods ot catching fishes and the use ol more than one method for catching fishes at a time; (e) the use of guns, bows, arrows, spears and similar weapons, contrivance or implements, in any water with the intention to catch or harm any fishestherein: (l) the deposit or, discharge in any water containing fishes, or any specif ied liquid or solid matters, detrimental to ,ish or the food for fishes; (g) the prohibition of all the fishing as may be necessary and particularly during breedang season in any specilied water for any specified period(s)which may also be extended Iorfurther period(s); (h) the authorization or delegatlon of power to the Deputy Commissioners as representative of lhe Fisheries Department to lease or license the rights ol fishing in notified fisheries under the provisions of section 3 ol this Act. (i) theterms and conditions lorgranting of licenses or leases to fish in water bodies including Trout lishing proclaimed under section 3 including the payments in consideration of which, and the conditions on which such licenses or leases are granted ; 0) grant ol remissions, waving ol dues, extension ol lease or license periods and (k) the person by whom, and the time, place and manner on which, anything is to be done, to carry ouvfollow uti the provisions are made in this Act. I lrt (l) the manner in which notices, proclamations, summons, warrants and other processes issued under this Act will be issued, published and served; the lees to be charged forthe issue, publication and service of such processes; (m) the cost of all proceedings underthisAct; and (2) ln making any rules under this section, the Govemment may, (a) direct that a breach of any rule aforesaid, shall be punishable with fine whach may extend to two thousand rupees, and when the olfence is the continuation of earlier breach/offence, with a further fine which may enend to rupees two hundred only, for every day after the date of the lirsl conviction during which the breach is proved to be persisting; and (b) provide for- (i) the seizure, forfeiture and removal of fixed engines, erected or used, ornets, weapons, contrivances of implements used in contravention ol the rules; (ii) the lorfeiture and sale of any fish taken by the means of any such lixed engines or nels, weapons, contrivances or implements provided that the sale of fish is made only when decomposition is anticipated to take place, prior to production of the lishes before a Magistrate, and (iii) prohibition, generally orin any specilied area, ol the otferiQg or exposing for sale or barter o{ any tishes, takirlg of which has been made unlaMul under sub{lause (ii) above. (n) generally to carry out the provisions ot this Act. 167 (3) Every rule made by the Government under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is made belore the Legislature of the Arunachal Pradesh while it is in session, lor a total period of four days which may be comprised in one session or in the successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately, following the Legislatures consenr in making any modif ications in the rule or the Legislature agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only, in such modified lorm or be ol no ellect as the case may be, so hcwever that any such moditications or annulmenl shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

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